News & Updates
DOM Faculty Named 2020 Boston “Top Docs”
44 faculty members of the Department of Medicine have been named to Boston Magazine's annual Top Docs List. Cardiac Electrophysiology Robert Helm Kevin Monahan Cardiovascular Disease Eric Awtry Gary Balady Sheilah Bernard Robert Eberhardt Alice Jacobs Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Sonia Ananthakrishnan Alan Farwell Michael Holick Stephanie Lee Elizabeth Pearce Gastroenterology Charles Bliss David Lichtenstein Robert Lowe David Nunes Geriatric Medicine Heidi Auerbach Lisa Caruso Hollis Day Hematology Vaishali Sanchorawala Internal Medicine Thomas Barber Melissa DiPetrillo Warren Hershman Angela Jackson Susan Phillips Jeffrey Samet Charles... More
Will Massachusetts Ban Flavored Tobacco?
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy and Sleep Medicine and director of the Tobacco Treatment Center at Boston Medical Center, joins State Sen. John Keenan on Radio Boston to discuss the future of a flavored tobacco ban now before the Massachusetts Senate. The proposal passed in... More
Dr. David Coleman to Receive Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award
Dr. David Coleman, Wade Professor and Chairman of Medicine, has been named the 2020 recipient of The Robert H. Williams, MD, Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award, presented by the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM). From the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Announcement: "Described as an “outstanding chair who has distinguished himself... More
Dr. Weining Lu Named BU Innovator of the Year
Dr. Weining Lu, associate professor in the section of Nephrology, has been named 2019 BU Innovator of the Year. Dr. Lu's research focuses on the gene ROBO2 as it relates to a kidney’s filtering ability, and has led to a collaboration with Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) since November 2012. This unique... More
Removing Unnecessary Contact Isolation Precautions
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that can be transmitted via skin-to-skin contact and may cause severe infections. BMC has a policy to place MRSA-colonized patients on contact isolation precautions. An estimated 15-30% of colonized patients clear within 90 days giving us the opportunity to reduce the need for... More
Resident Corner Fall ’19
STARS Candy Rounds by Swetha Ramachandran, MD and the QIPS Residents As part of the internal medicine residency program at BMC, there is a Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) pathway for residents who are interested in identifying patient safety issues and improving outcomes using quality improvement methodologies. This year the... More
BMC Joins the Age-Friendly Health System Community
To better support older adults and improve their health outcomes, health systems must put in place comprehensive, coordinated evidenced-based models that better deliver care to the growing aging population. In September 2018, BMC joined John A. Hartford Foundation-Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Age-Friendly Health System Community in spreading age-friendly care with... More
Success of New Hyperglycemia Crisis Management Guideline
In AY2018 the Endocrine Subcommittee of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee rolled out changes to the longstanding BMC Hyperglycemic Crisis Management Guideline, which had been in use for more than a decade. A QI project done the prior year had shown higher rates of hypoglycemia (blood glucose (BG) <70) in... More
BMC Quality Goals for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20)
Reducing Preventable Harm Index (PHI) PHI is comprised of the 4 major Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) with a goal of 1.0 (YTD 0.84): Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLASBI) Hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infections (CDIFF) and Methacillin-Resistant Staph aureus bacteremia The PHI also contains several perioperative/periprocedural... More
BMC Physician Quality Leaders
In July 2016, BMC reorganized the Physician Quality Leaders, funding fewer quality leaders but giving each more responsibility and time to actually get things done. They report to Dr. James Moses, BMC Chief Quality Officer, and address patient safety events as well as promote hospital quality initiatives. They are also... More